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Macklemore Booted From Fest After 'F--- America' Chant

Rapper doubles down on support for Palestine, gets dropped by Vegas' Neon City Festival

(Newser) - Las Vegas is hosting its very first Neon City Festival music and cultural event in November, but one act has already been booted from the lineup. Per The Hollywood Reporter , rapper Mackemore was dropped from the fest after a controversial appearance last weekend at a pro-Palestinian event in Seattle, where...

Lebanon Fears Gaza-Level Destruction

Israeli bombs have killed 700 in the country this week, say Lebanese authorities

(Newser) - Nearly 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. Israel has dramatically escalated strikes, saying it's targeting Hezbollah's military capacities and senior Hezbollah commanders. The International Organization for Migration estimated Thursday that more than 200,000 people have been displaced in...

Gaza Health Ministry: 22 Dead, 30 Hurt in Latest Israeli Strike

Israel counters that airstrike targeted Hamas 'command and control center ... that previously served' as school

(Newser) - An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Another 30 were wounded in the strike on the school in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City, the ministry said in a statement, per the AP . The Israeli army...

Hezbollah Leader: Israel Violated 'All Conventions'

Hassan Nasrallah promises retribution after explosions

(Newser) - Blaming Israel for fatal explosions of handheld devices across Lebanon that he said violated "all conventions and laws," Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promised retribution in a speech Thursday. "Indeed, we have endured a severe and cruel blow," he acknowledged, the New York Times reports. In his...

Israeli Official: We Could Offer Hamas Leader Safe Passage

Hostage envoy says if Hamas returns all hostages, such a deal is possible

(Newser) - Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, architect of the October 7 attack on Israel, could be granted a safe exit out of Gaza in exchange for Hamas relinquishing control of the Gaza Strip and releasing the 101 hostages it still holds, an Israeli official says. "I'm ready to provide safe...

Palestinians Say Israeli Strike on Gaza Tent Camp Killed 40

Israel claims only militants were targeted, a claim Hamas denies

(Newser) - An Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others early Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it targeted "significant" Hamas militants, allegations denied by the militant group. It was among the deadliest strikes...

Amid Mass Vaccine Effort in Gaza, Israel Keeps Striking

More than 12 are dead after Israeli air raids into Saturday, as health workers rush to control polio

(Newser) - Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday morning, hospital and local authorities said, as health workers were wrapping up the second phase of an urgent polio vaccination campaign designed to prevent a large-scale outbreak in the territory. The vaccination drive was...

Israel Leaves Trail of Destruction in West Bank

Military appeared to withdraw from Jenin refugee camp on Friday

(Newser) - Israeli forces appear to have withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp and two others in the occupied West Bank after a more-than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction, per the AP . In the quiet morning Friday, Jenin residents took advantage of the lull to...

Netanyahu Takes Heat With Ceasefire Talks at Standstill
Biden Reportedly Sours
on Self-Serving Netanyahu
the rundown
Sep 4, 2024 6:41 AM CDT

Biden Reportedly Sours on Self-Serving Netanyahu

Reports suggest Israel's leader views ceasefire as a political loss

(Newser) - Last week, Biden administration officials said an agreement to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was close, with only minor details to iron out. But Saturday's discovery that six Israeli hostages were killed in Gaza as Israeli forces moved in "changed everything," one Israeli official tells...

Polio Vaccine Campaign Starts Before Pause in Fighting
Polio Inoculations Begin in Gaza
Aug 31, 2024 2:25 PM CDT

Polio Inoculations Begin in Gaza

Fighting is scheduled to pause for the campaign starting Sunday

(Newser) - A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun, the Health Ministry said Saturday, as Palestinians in the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel's military offensives. A small number of children in Gaza received doses a...

Watchdog: We Warned Biden on Gaza Pier, He Did It Anyway

USAID staffers had concerns that pier would undermine convincing Israel on other aid methods

(Newser) - President Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year, even as some staffers for the US Agency for International Development expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off and undercut the effort to persuade Israel to open "...

In Gaza, a Case of Polio Is Confirmed
Polio Returns to Gaza
for First Time in 25 Years
UPDATED
Aug 24, 2024 12:25 PM CDT

Polio Returns to Gaza for First Time in 25 Years

10-month-old was not vaccinated against the virus

(Newser) - The 10-month-old child who contracted Gaza's first reported case of polio in 25 years has been partially paralyzed as a result, the BBC reports. The infant developed paralysis in one leg but is in stable condition, officials say. Humanitarian groups are continuing to push for a weeklong pause in...

Israel Recovers Bodies of 6 Hostages

Only 1 had been presumed alive

(Newser) - The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza, as US and Arab mediators tried to advance an agreement to halt the fighting and release scores of other militant-held captives. The military said its...

10-Year-Old Quintuplets Killed in Gaza Strike

Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel for ceasefire talks

(Newser) - Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 29 people including young quintuplets overnight and into Sunday, health officials said, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to try to seal a ceasefire deal that could help ease soaring regional tensions, the AP reports. The latest Israeli bombardment included a...

It&#39;s a Grim Milestone in Gaza
Gaza Hits a Grim Milestone
Aug 15, 2024 6:14 AM CDT

Gaza Hits a Grim Milestone

More than 40K Palestinians have been killed, according to Health Ministry

(Newser) - More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the territory's Health Ministry said Thursday. Israel's offensive has also wounded 92,401 people and displaced over 85% of the population from their homes, said the ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, which does not distinguish...

US Officials Say Hamas Has Been Weakened Enough

Negotiations are the only way to free hostages, officials say

(Newser) - With a new round of ceasefire talks set to begin in Qatar, American officials believe the Israeli military has hit the limit of what it can achieve in Gaza. Officials tell the New York Times that the group has been significantly weakened and is no longer capable of carrying out...

4 Days After Their Birth, Newborn Twins Killed in Gaza

Their father had left to register their births when airstrike hit

(Newser) - Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan's twins—Asser, a boy, and Ayssel, a girl—were just four days old when their father went to register their births and pick up their birth certificates at a government office in Gaza Tuesday. While he was gone, the family home was hit by an Israeli...

In Khan Yunis, 'We Are Running From Death to Death'

Israel issues one of its largest evacuation orders yet in Gaza; UN says there are no safe spots left

(Newser) - Over the weekend, residents in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis started receiving flyers and phone calls warning them that staying in the area "has become dangerous." Those cautionary messages came courtesy of the Israeli military, which said on Sunday that it was expanding evacuation orders in...

Dozens Reported Dead After Israeli Strike on Gaza School

Israel says it hit a Hamas command center embedded in school/shelter; Hamas denies that

(Newser) - An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City early Saturday, killing at least 80 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas command center within the school....

7th Nation Wants In on Genocide Case Against Israel

Turkey had previously suspended trade with Israel, deemed Hamas a liberation movement

(Newser) - Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a UN court to join South Africa's lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, the foreign minister said. Turkey's ambassador to the Netherlands, accompanied by a group of Turkish legislators, submitted a declaration of intervention to the International Court of Justice...

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